The rise and fall of divorce - a sociological adjustment of becker’s model of the marriage market: a sociological adjustment of becker’s model of the marriage market
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The rise and fall of divorce - a sociological adjustment of becker’s model of the marriage market : a sociological adjustment of becker’s model of the marriage market. / Andersen, Signe Hald; Hansen, Lars Gårn.
Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2010.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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T1 - The rise and fall of divorce - a sociological adjustment of becker’s model of the marriage market
T2 - a sociological adjustment of becker’s model of the marriage market
AU - Andersen, Signe Hald
AU - Hansen, Lars Gårn
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Despite the strong and persistent influence of Gary Becker’s marriage model, themodel does not completely explain the observed correlation between marriedwomen’s labor market participation and overall divorce rates. In this paper weshow how a simple sociologically inspired extension of the model realigns themodel’s predictions with the observed trends. The extension builds on Becker’sown claim that partners match on preference for partner specialization, and, as anovelty, on additional sociological theory claiming that preference coordinationtend to happen subconsciously. When we incorporate this aspect into Becker’smodel, the model provides predictions of divorce rates and causes that fit moreclosely with empirical observations. (JEL: J1)
AB - Despite the strong and persistent influence of Gary Becker’s marriage model, themodel does not completely explain the observed correlation between marriedwomen’s labor market participation and overall divorce rates. In this paper weshow how a simple sociologically inspired extension of the model realigns themodel’s predictions with the observed trends. The extension builds on Becker’sown claim that partners match on preference for partner specialization, and, as anovelty, on additional sociological theory claiming that preference coordinationtend to happen subconsciously. When we incorporate this aspect into Becker’smodel, the model provides predictions of divorce rates and causes that fit moreclosely with empirical observations. (JEL: J1)
M3 - Working paper
T3 - FOI Working Paper
BT - The rise and fall of divorce - a sociological adjustment of becker’s model of the marriage market
PB - Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
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